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Eritrea has imprisoned 7 church leaders for decades without charges
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 19, 2025
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv are dancing before a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, located on the...
Alternative Eritrea: What If G-15 Had Evaded The Guillotine
Eritrea Digest
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August 19, 2025
Of all the “What If” books, my favorite is “The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K Dick. It explores an alternate world (actually, an alternate America) where the Axis Powers (Germany and Japan) had won World War II. People who live in this...
Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
CovertAction Magazine
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August 19, 2025
[Source: bbc.com] There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the Western-backed corrupt, brutal regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the 2019 Nobel...
Worldwide campaign set for seven imprisoned Eritrean church leaders
Christian Daily International
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Seven Eritrean church leaders imprisoned without trial for more than 20 years. Voices4Justice In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died. Neither the Rev. Gebremedhin...
Eritrea: Training On Material Management And Procurement
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Agriculture organized training for 62 of its members on material management, procurement, and transit management. The training was conducted at the Ministry's Regulatory Service Office in Villagio. The...
Mozambique is 127th nation represented in Premier League — the rest in maps and charts
The Times
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Eusébio enchanted this country when he top-scored at the 1966 World Cup, and the nation that gave him to the world is the latest to join the global march towards English club football. The great Portugal forward was born in Mozambique, which...
“We are learning from Africa”: Vatican Official Lauds Church in Africa’s Conservation, Human Dignity Initiatives
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
The 50-year-old Italian member of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians (FMA) also known as Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco acknowledged the Holy Father’s support for the project, saying, “Imagine Pope Leo XIV endorsing the project and even...
Reframing Eritrea’s Post-Independence Paradox
Awate
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August 18, 2025
For more than three decades, the story of Eritrea has been told in a narrow and predictable register. It begins with the extraordinary military triumph of 1991, moves quickly to the UN-supervised referendum of 1993, pauses briefly on the promise...
“We are learning from Africa”: Vatican Official Lauds Church in Africa Conservation, Human Dignity Initiatives
ACI Africa
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August 18, 2025
“I think you know that since he (Pope Francis) began his pontificate, he never made use of the Popes’ summer residence,” she said, recalling how the Holy Father instead decided to set aside part of the residence’s land to be opened to all as “a...
Eritrea’s Missing Architects: The Intellectual Void Behind a Crippled Nation-Building
Awate
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August 17, 2025
Eritrea’s liberation struggle stands as one of the most extraordinary military victories of the modern era. In 1991, the EPLF decisively defeated Ethiopian forces and freed the country. Yet instead of declaring independence immediately, it opted...
Survival and Its Determinants of HIV/AIDS Patients Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in Two National Referral Hospitals in Eritrea: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Dove Medical Press
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August 18, 2025
Introduction HIV/AIDS continues to be a public health concern globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. According to the Global Health Observatory, as of 2023, 39.9 million people were living with HIV, with 1.3 million new...
Will the US Blacklist Bar Political Leaders & Delegates from UN’s 80th Anniversary Summit?
Inter Press Service
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August 18, 2025
Democracy, Editors' Choice, Featured, Global, Global Governance, Headlines, IPS UN: Inside the Glasshouse, TerraViva United Nations The preambular words of the UN Charter displayed at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York. Credit: UN...
Weekend review: GCR Task Force files update; persecution in Eritrea and more
Alabama Baptist
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August 16, 2025
To read a quick recap of some of the latest news reports and other articles from The Baptist Paper this week, see below. 1. Picking back up on the third meeting, which took place Oct. 27, 2009, Dallas-Fort Worth, here are a few more highlights. 2....
Changing Tide: Shire Emerges as Hub for Gold Smuggled from Eritrea, Sudan
The Reporter Ethiopia
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August 16, 2025
Long a center of Tigray’s gold trade, the northern town of Shire has transformed into a hub for a gold smuggling network that stretches across Ethiopia and into neighboring countries. An investigation conducted by The Reporter found that gold of...
32 people from 17 countries celebrate citizenship by taking oath in Elkins
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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Thirty-two applicants from 17 countries prepare to take the Oath of Allegiance and become naturalized citizens of the United States during an Aug. 8 ceremony at the Jennings Randolph Federal Building in Elkins. (Photo by Taylor McKinnie, Special...
Eritrea: Commendable Greening Campaign In Central Region
MENAFN
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August 13, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) Download logo Mr. Beraki Kidane, a forestation expert at the Forestry and Wildlife Authority, indicated that an effective greening campaign is being carried out with strong community participation. Regarding...
Campaign urges release of seven ministers in Eritrea
The Baptist Standard - Texas
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August 15, 2025
21Wilberforce and the Baptist World Alliance are joining other Christian groups in calling for the release of seven church leaders in Eritrea who have been detained without trial more than 20 years. The #Voices4Justice campaign is urging Eritrean...
Aksum and Adulis From One Kingdom to Ethiopia and Eritrea
Zehabesha
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August 15, 2025
Aksum and Adulis were twin pillars of the Aksumite Kingdom, linking highland markets to Red Sea trade between 300 BCE and 1,000 CE. Today, Aksum lies in Ethiopia while Adulis is in Eritrea. What is the connection between Aksum and Adulis? Why are...
Are Eritrea and Ethiopia already at war?
Pan African Review
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August 14, 2025
The Horn of Africa is once again on the edge, as is often the case whenever tensions between Eritrea and Ethiopia rise. In such a context, it is important to assess how Eritrea’s threat-sensitive posture, Ethiopia’s ambitions for sea access,...
Seminar Focusing On Cultural Heritage And Identity
MENAFN
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August 19, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Commission of Culture and Sports organized a seminar on cultural heritage and identity for over 150 members of traditional dance and music groups from the Southern Region on 18 August in Asmara. At the seminar, Dr. Tsegay...